a set of primal memories common to the human race, existing below each person's conscious mind (see Carl Jung, above). The common psychological, instrinctive psyche of mankind.

Psychoanalysis

a type of therapy where the patient is allowed to talk about whatever he wants while the doctor records his behavior. The doctor mostly listens and gives follow up questions. The study of the mind and the unconscious and it's also the therapy used to help people with psychological issues.

Free association

While psychoanalysis requires the person to learn about themselves, free association has no linear or preplanned agenda. Used in psychoanalysis as a cure. You can say whatever comes to mind; unfiltered thoughts.

• First half of story, he is a first-person narrator. Gentle and optimistic• Second half of story, he is Sergeant X, broken down and changed by wartime. So disguised (as Sergeant X), that we can't recognize him (changed a lot from war)

Clay (Corporal Z)

• Sergeant Z's (narrator's) somewhat "war buddy." • Opposite of narrator - cheerful and emotionally untouched by the war. Although he may not understand Sergeant X's condition, he is sympathetic towards him

Charles

• Five years old, Esmé's brother. Far less polished than Esmé. He is a little kid, unaware of the horror that has happened in his life. Contains total innocence and blissful ignorance.